the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

wreckage

sample sentences

"they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors"

destroyed in an accident
<adj.all>

wrecked

sample sentences

"a wrecked ship"
"a highway full of wrecked cars"

a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones)
<noun.artifact>

tow car

tow truck

wrecker

someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
<noun.person>

diversionist

saboteur

wrecker

someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
<noun.person>

wrecker

brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
<noun.animal>

Polyprion americanus

stone bass

wreckfish

destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
<noun.act>

laying waste

ruin

ruination

ruining

wrecking

the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
<noun.event>

razing

wrecking

a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
<noun.artifact>

crowbar

pry

pry bar

wrecking bar

any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
<noun.animal>

jenny wren

wren

small Asiatic and African bird; constructs nests like those of tailorbirds
<noun.animal>

wren warbler

small brown bird of California resembling a wren
<noun.animal>

Chamaea fasciata

wren-tit

a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
<noun.artifact>

spanner

wrench

a jerky pulling movement
<noun.event>

twist

wrench

a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
<noun.state>

pull

twist

wrench

sample sentences

"the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"
"he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

twist

wrench

sample sentences

"wrench a window off its hinges"
"wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"
"a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

make a sudden twisting motion
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

wrench

twist suddenly so as to sprain
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

rick

sprain

turn

twist

wrench

wrick

sample sentences

"wrench one's ankle"
"The wrestler twisted his shoulder"
"the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"
"I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

wrench

wring

sample sentences

"Wring one's hand"

causing great physical or mental suffering
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

racking

wrenching

sample sentences

"a wrenching pain"

obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
<verb.contact>

wrest

sample sentences

"wrest the knife from his hands"
"wrest a meaning from the old text"
"wrest power from the old government"

someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements
<noun.person>

wrester

the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

grapple

grappling

hand-to-hand struggle

wrestle

wrestling

sample sentences

"they had a fierce wrestle"
"we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
<verb.competition>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

wrestle

sample sentences

"He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"

engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

wrestle

sample sentences

"I wrestled with this decision for years"

engage in a wrestling match
<verb.contact>

wrestle

sample sentences

"The children wrestled in the garden"

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

squirm

twist

worm

wrestle

wriggle

writhe

sample sentences

"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"
"The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

grappler

matman

wrestler

the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

grappling

rassling

wrestling

the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

grapple

grappling

hand-to-hand struggle

wrestle

wrestling

sample sentences

"they had a fierce wrestle"
"we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

a hold used in the sport of wrestling
<noun.act>

wrestling hold

a mat on which wrestling matches are conducted
<noun.artifact>

wrestling mat

a match between wrestlers
<noun.event>

wrestling match

a square ring in which wrestlers compete
<noun.artifact>

wrestling ring

someone you feel sorry for
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

poor devil

wretch

performs some wicked deed
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

wretch

characterized by physical misery
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

miserable

wretched

sample sentences

"a wet miserable weekend"
"spent a wretched night on the floor"

of very poor quality or condition
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

deplorable

execrable

miserable

woeful

wretched

sample sentences

"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
"woeful treatment of the accused"
"woeful errors of judgment"

deserving or inciting pity
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

hapless

miserable

misfortunate

pathetic

piteous

pitiable

pitiful

poor

wretched

sample sentences

"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"

morally reprehensible
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

despicable

slimy

ugly

unworthy

vile

worthless

wretched

sample sentences

"would do something as despicable as murder"
"ugly crimes"
"the vile development of slavery appalled them"
"a slimy little liar"

very unhappy; full of misery
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

miserable

suffering

wretched

sample sentences

"he felt depressed and miserable"
"a message of hope for suffering humanity"
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

in a wretched manner
<adv.all>

wretchedly

sample sentences

"`I can't remember who I am,' I said, wretchedly"

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1

miserableness

misery

wretchedness

sample sentences

"the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry
<noun.attribute>

wretchedness

sample sentences

"he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"

the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
<noun.state>

wretchedness

sample sentences

"the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"
"the grey wretchedness of the rain"

a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
<noun.state>

crick

kink

rick

wrick

twist suddenly so as to sprain
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

rick

sprain

turn

twist

wrench

wrick

sample sentences

"wrench one's ankle"
"The wrestler twisted his shoulder"
"the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"
"I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

the act of wiggling
<noun.act>

squirm

wiggle

wriggle

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

squirm

twist

worm

wrestle

wriggle

writhe

sample sentences

"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"
"The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"